Though everyone has an equal right to speak, not all have earned an equal right to be taken seriously.
Literature is, in fact, the fruit of leisure.
It may be said of some very old places, as of some very old books, that they are destined to be forever new. The nearer we approach them, the more remote they seem: the more we study them, the more we have yet to learn. Time augments rather than diminishes their everlasting novelty; and to our descendants of a thousand years hence it may safely be predicted that they will be even more fascinating than to ourselves. This is true of many ancient lands, but of no place is it. so true as of Egypt.
The camel has his virtues - so much at least must be admitted; but they do not lie upon the surface.
It has been aptly said that all Egypt is but the facade of an immense sepulcher.
between prosperity and adversity there can be little real fellowship.
Every reformation ruins somebody.
So little knows Any, but God alone, but perverts best things To worst abuse, or to their meanest use.
Through the ages one increasing purpose runs.
I pray for a more friendly, more caring, and more understanding human family on this planet. To all who dislike suffering, who cherish lasting happiness, this is my heartfelt appeal.
If you have $300,000 to shoot a cigarette on a table, it's an enormous amount of money. Maybe that's why my movies are the way they are. But it's the only way I can make a living.